New Zealand (NZ) stories
Up to 30 percent of Wellington’s drinking water is lost to leaks, prompting a unanimous council push for urgent infrastructure upgrades.
New Zealand home values rose 2.2% in January as tight supply and low rates drove a rebound in Christchurch, Auckland and Queenstown.
A Dunedin court has fined a plumbing firm and its director after a bathroom heater installation caused a 12-year-old boy’s carbon monoxide death.
Public consultation begins on a draft plan that says faster action is needed if Aotearoa is to stay within its climate targets.
Possible tighter rules could curb investor demand as mortgaged buyers regain a 27% share of the housing market, CoreLogic says.
The ban is set to tighten fire safety in multi-storey buildings and may pressure other Australian states to follow Victoria’s lead.
A worker’s lack of scaffold experience left him with life-changing injuries after being asked to rebuild the platform, a court heard.
A Manawatu dairy farmer has been ordered to pay a fine after repeatedly blocking inspectors, despite WorkSafe's warning that cooperation is mandatory.
Plants could stop buffering a third of human emissions within 20 years, making climate change harder to slow as warming rises.
House buyers and investors face tighter mortgage rules from 1 March as the Reserve Bank warns high-LVR lending is rising again.
Low rates, fiscal stimulus and reopening borders should support New Zealand property values in 2021, though office and retail risks remain.
A farm's unsafe side-by-side left a WOOFer dead after she was thrown from the vehicle in a 13-metre fall, WorkSafe says.
COVID-19 has accelerated remote-working and training risks as New Zealand’s workplace safety progress stalls and serious injuries rise.
Access to devices and flexible learning is becoming a bigger issue as more Kiwi pupils study part-time online over summer.
New Zealand’s housing boom lifted values in almost every main centre, with Auckland now boasting 117 suburbs above the NZD $1 million mark.
Six people were left with serious burns after a Christchurch home was destroyed by an explosion caused by a gasfitter’s safety lapse.
Falling unoccupied stock and pandemic demand are making holiday homes harder to buy, though some coastal spots still fall below GBP £500,000.
Residents could soon have 48 hours’ water supply in an earthquake as work starts on a GBP £68 million Wellington reservoir.
Health and sanitation in many communities could be put at risk as sea-level rise and heavier rain strain wastewater systems.
Workers may be due a different day off this Christmas as Mondayisation shifts Saturday and Sunday public holidays depending on rosters.
